{
  "id": 16263806,
  "title": "Alcohol consumption: Survey: Abstaining from alcohol often requires justification",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/alkoholkonsum-umfrage-alkoholverzicht-muss-oft-begrundet-werden",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-24T02:00:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/forschung-innovation/alkoholkonsum-umfrage-alkoholverzicht-muss-oft-begruendet-werden/100264635.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "A recent survey conducted by Pronova BKK found that 42% of respondents in Germany had to justify not drinking alcohol at some point. The survey, which polled 1,228 people aged 18 and above, revealed that 86% of respondents consume alcohol, with 38% drinking at least once a week. Men are more likely to drink regularly, with 50% consuming alcohol weekly, compared to 26% of women. The survey also found that many people experience negative effects from others' drinking, with 46% having left a party early due to excessive drinking and 33% having been attacked by someone who was drunk.",
  "summary": "For many people, alcohol is part of celebrating - at the same time, many people have had bad experiences with drunk people. What a survey shows about dealing with drinking and abstinence.",
  "key_points": [
    "42% of Germans had to justify alcohol abstinence at least once",
    "86% of respondents generally drink alcohol weekly",
    "Abstinence challenges societal expectation of drinking norm"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}